Code

Country/Dependency/Territory

AA

Albania

AD

Andorra

AE

Anguilla

AF

Afghanistan

AH

Ashmore & Cartier Islands

AI

Antigua

AI

Antigua & Barbuda

AJ

Aruba

AN

Algeria

AO

Angola

AP

Armenia

AQ

Azores Islands

AS

Australia

AT

Argentina

AU

Austria

AV

Azerbaijan

BB

Barbados

BD

Bahamas

BE

Bahrain/Bahrein

BF

Bassas Da India

BG

Belgium

BH

Belize

BH

British Honduras

BI

Burundi

BL

Bangladesh

BM

Bermuda

BN

Bhutan

BO

British Indian Ocean Territory

BP

Bosnia & Hercegovena

BQ

Bouvet Island

BR

Burma

BS

British Solomon Islands

BS

Solomon Islands

BT

Botswana

BU

Bulgaria

BV

Bolivia

BW

Balearic Islands

BX

Brunei

BY

Byelarus

BZ

Brazil

CB

Colombia

CC

Cuba

CD

Canada

CF

Chad

CJ

Cambodia

CJ

Kampuchea

CJ

Kmer Republic

CK

Czechoslovakia (CK for reference only)

CM

Cameroon

CP

Cayman Islands

CQ

Chile

CR

Costa Rica

CS

Cyprus

CV

Cape Verde Islands

CW

Central African Republic

CY

Ceylon

CY

Sri Lanka

DB

Clipperton Island

DD

Cocos Islands

DD

Keeling Islands

DG

Comoros/Comoros Islands

DH

Benin

DH

Dahomey

DI

Cook Islands

DJ

Coral Sea Islands

DK

Denmark

DM

Dominica

DN

Djibouti

DR

Dominican Republic

DU

Ducie Islands (DU for reference only)

EK

Equatorial Guinea

EL

El Salvador

EM

East Germany

EM

East Germany (1945-1989)

EM

German Democratic Republic

EN

England

EO

Ethiopia

ER

Europa Island

ES

Estonia

EU

Ecuador

EY

Egypt

EY

United Arab Republic

EZ

Czech Republic

FA

Falkland Islands

FD

Finland

FG

French Guiana

FJ

Fiji

FN

France

FO

Faroe Islands

FP

French Polynesia

FR

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

FS

Federated States of Micronesia

GB

Gabon

GC

Greece

GD

Georgia

GE

Germany

GF

Guernsey

GG

Ghana

GI

Guinea

GJ

Grenada

GK

Gambia

GN

Greenland

GO

Glorioso Islands

GP

Guadeloupe

GS

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

GT

Guatemala

GY

Guyana

GZ

Gaza

HC

Hercegovenia (HC for reference)

HD

Honduras

HE

Heard Island

HE

McDonald Island

HK

Hong Kong

HN

New Hebrides

HN

Vanuatu

HR

Christmas Island

HS

Saint Helena

HT

Haiti

HU

Hungary

IB

Isle of Man

IC

Iceland

IE

Ireland

II

India

II

Sikkim

IM

Madeira Islands

IO

Indonesia

IO

Portugese Timor

IQ

Iraq

IR

Iran

IS

Israel

IT

Italy

IT

Sardinia

IT

Sicily

IU

Niue

IY

Ivory Coast

JA

Japan

JE

Jersey

JM

Jamaica

JN

Jan Mayen

JO

Jordan

JU

Juan de Nova Island

KB

Gilbert Islands

KB

Kiribati

KC

Croatia

KE

Kenya

KH

Manahiki Island

KN

North Korea

KO

South Korea

KT

Kazakhstan

KU

Kuwait

KZ

Kyrgyzstan

LB

Liberia

LD

Moldova

LE

Lesotho

LF

Slovakia

LH

Lithuania

LI

Liechtenstein

LN

Lebanon

LO

Slovenia

LS

Laos

LU

Saint Lucia

LX

Luxembourg

LY

Libya

MF

Malawi

MG

Mongolia

MJ

Monaco

ML

Mali

MM

Mexico

MP

Madagascar

MP

Malagasy Republic

MQ

Morocco

MU

Mauritania

MV

Maldives

MY

Malta

MZ

Malaysia

NE

Holland

NE

Netherlands

NG

Nigeria

NI

Northern Ireland

NN

Niger

NO

New Guinea

NO

Papua New Guinea

NP

Nepal

NQ

New Caledonia

NR

Nauru

NU

Nicaragua

NW

Norway

NX

Netherlands Antilles

NZ

New Zealand

OC

Macao

OC

Macau

OF

Norfolk Island

OI

Okinawa

OM

Oman

OT

Oneida Indian Tribes of Wisconsin

PC

Pitcairn Islands

PC

Pitcairn,Henderson,Ducie & Oeno Isl.(Dep. territory of UK)

PD

Republic of Palau

PF

Parcel Islands

PG

Guinea-Bissau

PG

Portugese Guinea

PI

Philippines

PK

Pakistan

PM

Panama

PO

Poland

PS

Miquelon

PS

Saint Pierre

PT

Portugal

PU

Peru

PV

Paraguay

QA

Qatar

RA

Russia (SX for reference only)

RB

Brazzaville

RB

Republic of Congo

RC

People's Republic of China

RE

Reunion

RF

Russian Federation

RG

Gibraltar

RH

Rhodesia

RH

Zimbabwe

RR

Montserrat

RS

Spanish Sahara

RS

Western Sahara

RU

Romania

RV

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

RW

Rwanda

RY

Republic of Yemen

SA

Sierre Leone/Sierra Leone

SB

Saudi Arabia

SE

Seychelles

SF

South Africa

SG

Senegal

SH

San Marino

SJ

Namibia

SJ

South-West Africa

SM

Somalia

SP

Spain

SQ

Sweden

SR

Singapore

SS

Scotland

ST

People's Democratic Rep. of Yemen

ST

People's Democratic Rep. of Yemen

ST

Southern Yemen

SU

Sudan

SV

Svalbard

SW

Swaziland

SX

Russia/USSR (SX for reference only)

SX

Soviet Union/USSR (SX for reference only)

SY

Syria

SZ

Switzerland

TC

Trucial States

TC

United Arab Emirates

TD

Trust Territory/Pacific Islands

TE

Spratly Islands

TF

Tuamotu Archipelago

TG

Tonga

TH

Thailand

TJ

Tajikistan

TK

Tokelau

TM

Tromelin Island

TO

Togo

TP

Principe

TP

Sao Tome

TQ

Tongareva Island

TR

Turks & Caicos Islands (Dependent territory of UK)

TS

Nevis

TS

Saint Christopher

TS

Saint Kitts

TT

Tobago

TT

Trinidad

TU

Tunisia

TV

Ellice Islands

TV

Tuvalu

TW

Republic of China

TW

Taiwan

TY

Turkey

TZ

United Republic of Tanzania

UG

Uganda

UK

Ukraine

UM

Mauritius

UR

Turkmenistan

US

United States of America

UV

Burkina Faso

UV

Upper Volta

UY

Uraguay

UZ

Uzbekistan

VB

British Virgin Islands

VM

Vietnam

VN

North Vietnam

VN

North Vietnam

VS

South Vietnam

VS

South Vietnam

VV

Saint Vincent

VV

The Grenadines

VY

Vatican City

VZ

Venezuela

WB

West Bank

WF

Futuna

WF

Wallis

WG

Federal Republic of Germany

WG

West Germany

WG

West Germany (1945-1989)

WL

Wales

WN

West Indies

WS

Western Samoa

XX

Unknown Place of Birth

YE

Yemen Arab Republic

YE

Yemen Arab Republic

YG

Yugoslavia

YO

Mayotte

YY

All Others

ZB

Martinique

ZC

Surinam

ZD

Macedonia

ZI

Canary Islands

ZM

Zambia

ZO

Mozambique

ZR

Congo Kinshasa

ZR

Zaire